Job overview

Recruitment Incentive of £10,000

This is a post for a full-time Consultant Cellular Pathologist with Breast experience.  The successful candidate will join the department to support the provision of a comprehensive histopathology and cytopathology service for the county of Herefordshire, and parts of neighbouring mid-Wales.  The post is based in a purpose-built, fully UKAS-accredited laboratory at the County Hospital in Hereford.   The department has a highly flexible approach to both the scope of the candidate’s skills and to home working.  There are also opportunities to get involved in performing post-mortems.

The appointee will support the diagnostic, screening, teaching and administrative responsibilities of the department as detailed below.

The department will support a hybrid model of working on site and home; all MDTs can also be covered remotely.

The department is the lead laboratory in our digital network which includes Worcester Acute Hospital and South Warwickshire Foundation Trust.  We are working towards a model whereby cases can be shared digitally across our network to make maximum value of local reporting expertise.

The department has biomedical scientific staff who can support a full repertoire of specimen dissection and is in the process of introducing the Macropath dissection system to allow the process to be viewed remotely should the reporting consultant require. 

AAV Date to be confirmed

Main duties of the job

·       To fully participate as part of the team of consultants in the provision of comprehensive histopathology, non-gynaecological cytopathology, and morbid anatomy services (optional) according to agreed rotas, and to assist in the maintenance and development of those services in accordance with medical and technical advances and within the prevailing budget.

·       To participate in appropriate clinical and multi-disciplinary meetings with particular emphasis on those areas in which the post-holders have special interests.

·       To participate in local, regional, and national EQA schemes in general histopathology, breast screening, bowel screening and non-gynae cytopathology as appropriate. 

·       To assist in the appropriate development of clinical audit and clinical governance in the department.  There will be particular emphasis on the development of appropriate protocols and audit in the post-holder’s areas of expertise. 

·       To participate in meetings at intra-departmental, inter-laboratory, directorate, and higher level as appropriate, and to assist with business planning and administration. 

·       It is expected that the post holder will undertake managerial responsibility for histology at some point. 

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust – they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: “The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.”

Our values - Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time…all the time.